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Revised (new deadline) invitation to tender BSS-08-011

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Subject:

Framework service contract for support to ecosystem assessments

Open call for tender No. EEA/BSS/08/011

The European Environment Agency is planning to award the public contract referred to

above.

If you are interested in this contract, you should submit a tender in triplicate in one of the

EEA members’ languages, preferably in English.

Tenderers may choose:

to submit tenders either by post or by courier not later than

22/09/2008

, in which case the

evidence of the date of dispatch shall be constituted by the postmark or the date of the

deposit slip, to the following address:

European Environment Agency

Kongens Nytorv 6

DK-1050 Copenhagen K

Denmark

For the attention of Mr. Ybele Hoogeveen

or to deliver tenders by hand to the above-mentioned address not later than 16:00 on

22/09/2008.

In this case, a receipt must be obtained as proof of submission, signed and

dated by the receptionist of the Agency who accepts delivery. The Agency is open from

09.00 to 17.00 Monday to Friday. It is closed on Saturdays, Sundays and official holidays.

Tenders must be placed inside two sealed envelopes. The inner envelope should be marked

as follows:

"Reply to tender EEA/BSS/08/011 – not to be opened by the internal mail

department"

. If self-adhesive envelopes are used, they must be sealed with adhesive tape

and the sender must sign across this tape.

The specifications and the draft contract are attached to this invitation to tender. The

specifications list all the documents that must be produced in order to tender, including

supporting evidence of economic, financial, technical and professional capacity.

Tenders must be:

signed by the tenderer or his duly authorised representative;

perfectly legible so that there can be no doubt as to words and figures.

Period of validity of the tender, during which the tenderer may not modify the terms of his

tender in any respect: six months from the deadline for the submission of tenders.

Submission of a tender implies acceptance of all the terms and conditions set out in this

invitation to tender, in the specification and in the draft contract and, where appropriate,

waiver of the tenderer's own general or specific terms and conditions. It is binding on the

tenderer to whom the contract is awarded for the duration of the contract.

Contacts between the contracting authority and tenderers are prohibited throughout the

procedure save in exceptional circumstances and under the following conditions only:

Before the final date for submission of tenders

At the request of the tenderer, the contracting authority may provide additional

information solely for the purpose of clarifying the nature of the contract. Any requests

for additional information must be made in writing only to

Mr. Ybele Hoogeveen at

ybele.hoogeveen@eea.europa.eu

. Requests for additional information received less

than five working days before the closing date for submission of tenders will not be

processed.

The Agency may also, on its own initiative, provide additional information regarding

any error, inaccuracy, omission or any other clerical error in the text of the call for

tenders.

Tenderers

are invited to check the following URL address regularly, as a

ny additional

information, including that referred to above, will be

available for download from this

site:

http://www.eea.europa.eu/tenders

After the opening of tenders

If clarification is required or if obvious clerical errors in the tender need to be corrected,

the contracting authority may contact the tenderer provided the terms of the tender are

not modified as a result.

10.

This invitation to tender is in no way binding on the Agency. The Agency's contractual

obligation commences only upon signature of the contract with the successful tenderer.

Up to the point of signature, the contracting authority may either abandon the procurement

or cancel the award procedure, without the candidates or tenderers being entitled to claim

any compensation. This decision must be substantiated and the candidates or tenderers

notified.

11.

You will be informed whether or not your tender has been accepted.

12.

If your offer includes subcontracting, it is recommended that contractual arrangements with

subcontractors include mediation as a method of dispute resolution.

13.

Processing your reply to the invitation to tender will involve the recording and processing of

personal data (such as your name, address and CV). Such data will be processed pursuant to

Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing

of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of

such data. Unless indicated otherwise, your replies to the questions and any personal data

requested are required to evaluate your tender in accordance with the specifications of the

invitation to tender and will be processed solely for that purpose by the Agency. Under the

data protection Regulation

(EC) No 45/2001 y

ou are entitled to obtain access to your

personal data on request and to rectify any such data that is inaccurate or incomplete. If you

have any queries concerning the processing of your personal data, you may address them to

the Agency. You have the right of recourse at any time to the European Data Protection

Supervisor for matters relating to the processing of your personal data.

14.

You are informed that for the purposes of safeguarding the financial interest of the

Communities, your personal data may be transferred to internal audit services, to the

European Court of Auditors, to the Financial Irregularities Panel and/or to the European

Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).

Data of economic operators which are in one of the situations referred to in Articles

93, 94,

96(1)(b) and 96(2)(a) of the Financial Regulation

may be included in a central database and

communicated to the designated persons of the Commission, other institutions, agencies,

authorities and bodies mentioned in Article 95(1) and (2) of the Financial Regulation. This

refers as well to the persons with powers of representation, decision making or control over

the said economic operators. Any party entered into the database has the right to be

informed of the data concerning it, up on request to the accounting officer of the

Commission.

Prof. Jacqueline McGlade

Executive Director

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) N° 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 (OJEU L 248 of 16.09.2002), as amended by

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) N° 1995/2006 of 13.12.2006 (OJEU L 390 of

30.12.2006).

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